‘The author is a trustworthy guide,’ says Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition review

“The author is a trustworthy guide,” announced the review of Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on the El Camino by Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition released this month. Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition included ‘Spiritual & Walking Guide’ on page seventeen of their annual spring book review publication. The book recommendations and reviews are compiled by Roy W. Howard, Outlook book editor.

“The author has walked the Camino de Santiago several times and provides a devotional guide for pilgrims walking the portion from Leon, Spain, to Santiago de Compostela,” states Howard.

Link to Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition

To learn more about the Camino devotional written by Stacey Wittig, go to Amazon.com. The Camino guide includes scriptures for The Way, recommendations for places to sleep, questions for reflection and pages to journal thoughts.

The Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition review reads:

Spiritual and Walking Guide:

Leon to Santiago on the El Camino

Stacey Wittig

Spiritual Walking Guides, 104 pages

The author has walked the Camino de Santiago several times and provides a devotional guide for pilgrims walking the portion from Leon, Spain, to Santiago de Compostela. The guide includes daily Scripture readings, mediations and questions for personal reflection. There are details about where to sleep and how to navigate your way without maps. The author is a trustworthy guide.

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‘Spiritual & Walking Guide’ to be included in Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition

Spiritual & Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago is to be included in Presbyterian Outlook’s Spring Books Edition. We received that news today from their book editor. Look for the review next month at http://pres-outlook.org/category/faith-culture/reviews/book-reviews. The spiritual and walking guide book for people walking the El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route through northern Spain is available in paperback and e-book at Amazon.com.

The daily devotional and walking guide helps Camino pilgrims to:

• prepare their hearts for the pilgrimage,
• meditate on Bible scriptures appropriate for the terrain,
• find their way, and
• debrief after the walk and assimilate what they’ve found on The Way into their lives back home.

To learn more about the Camino devotional written by Stacey Wittig, go to Amazon.com. The Camino guide includes scriptures for The Way, recommendations for places to sleep, questions for reflection and pages to journal thoughts.

From the Presbyterian Outlook website:

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Au Coeur du Chemin adds Spiritual and Walking Guide to prestigious Camino book list

Au Coeur du Chemin recently added Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on El Camino to their prestigious Camino Book List. Au Coeur du Chemin is a French association which aims to welcome pilgrims, mark the ways of St. James and provide information about Les Chemins de St Jacque (Caminos de Santiago) that pass through the Pyrenees in southwestern France or “the heart of the Camino.”

The high-traffic website that can be found at www.compostelle.fr or www.aucoeurduchemin.org delivers:

• Advice for hiking or the crossing the Pyrenees,
• Route following descriptions and maps for each étape/stage,
• Forum where pilgrims ask questions,
• List of Pilgrim Reception Centers (Centres d’Accueil) that are part of LA VIE DE NOTRE association, and a
• Bibliography of important Camino books.

Writer Stacey Wittig’s name is listed with other favorite Camino authors including John Brierley,  A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago: St. Jean • Roncesvalles • Santiago (Camino Guides) (Paperback) – Common and Gerald Kelly, Camino de Santiago – Practical Preparation and Background on the Camino association’s list of English guidebooks for Camino Frances. The Camino reading list may be viewed at www.aucoeurduchemin.org/spip/spip.php?rubrique458

Wittig used the French website extensively to research for her recent pilgrimage from Lourdes to Santiago. “The detailed maps were excellent,” said the travel journalist. “The association has given me permission to use those same maps in my upcoming book Spiritual and Walking Guide: Lourdes to St Jean Pied de Port. She is currently working on that book from her home near the Grand Canyon.

Click to order on Amazon:
Brierley, John — A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago: St. Jean • Roncesvalles • Santiago (Camino Guides) (Paperback) – Common

Kelly, Gerald — Camino de Santiago – Practical Preparation and Background

Wittig, Stacey —Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on El Camino (Spiritual and Walking Guides) (Volume 1)

‘Spiritual & Walking Guide’ featured resource in REI Bay Area lectures

This month, REI in the Bay Area offers seminars about walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain from experienced walker and Camino Guide, Nancy Reynolds. The book, Spiritual and Walking Guide, is featured in her list of resources.

“You will get a sense of the challenges and rewards of walking this ancient path, plus practical information for planning your own pilgrimage. Whether you are looking for adventure, a fitness challenge, or a spiritual pilgrimage, you will learn enough to know if the Camino de Santiago is the walk for you. You will also get some expert tips and tricks for getting the most from your Camino experience, whether you will walk for a week, or plan to take every step along the 500-mile path,” states the REI website.

Nancy Reynolds, Camino hiking expert and owner of The Camino Experience recommends the Camino devotional “Spiritual & Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago” by Stacey Wittig as a guidebook in the Resource Guide that she hands out at the REI lecture.

Order your own copy of The Way devotional entitled, “Spiritual & Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago,” on Amazon in paperback or on Kindle, click on the link below:
Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on El Camino (Spiritual and Walking Guides) (Volume 1)

Download the Camino Resource Guide (Camino Checklist) here: Reynolds-Camino-Talk-Handout-Final

Spiritual & Walking Guide featured in AmigosNAZ magazine

Spiritual and Walking Guide is featured in the publication AmigosNAZ. The article declares that people setting out on The Way of St. James, or El Camino de Santiago now have a book, which guides them along the pathways of their heart during the pilgrimage. The pilgrimage route  in northern Spain was made famous by the Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez movie “The Way.”

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Seekers may order the book, Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago, online at by clicking the link below:
Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on El Camino (Spiritual and Walking Guides) (Volume 1)

Spiritual & Walking Guide showcased in American Pilgrims publication

The American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC) recently published an excerpt from “Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago on El Camino” in their summer newsletter. American Pilgrims on the Camino,  a non-profit organization whose objective is to facilitate communication within the community of North American pilgrims, has over 22 local chapter and reaches 1000s of readers.

“The excerpt is from Day 14 of the daily devotional that helps pilgrims follow the pathways of their hearts while trekking the ancient pilgrimage route,” explained author Stacey Wittig about the Camino guide. “I am truly blessed by the editors of La Concha who included this meditation entitled ‘Walking in the Good Way’ which is based on Jeremiah 6:16-19.”

The daily Camino devotional complete with questions  for reflection may be viewed at: Spiritual-Guide-Stacey-Wittig-APOC-newsletter_1407. El Camino de Santiago in Spain is a popular trekking route for North Americans since the movie The Way, starring Martin Sheen and produced by his son Emilio Estevez.

The daily scriptures for The Way and walking guide may be purchased in hard copy or Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061598939X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=061598939X&linkCode=as2&tag=vagablulu-20&linkId=4EHVPWSYKRXTROTZ

Camino Pilgrims Using Spiritual & Walking Guide

Missy Smith Lawson of Kansas City reported on Facebook today that she and her husband Brian will be using The Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago as a guide for the spiritual part of their Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage.

“While on the Camino, I’ll be using this devotional/guidebook to guide the spiritual part of my pilgrimage…Brian and I had the privilege of meeting the author at the American Pilgrims on the Camino Gathering. Thank you, Stacey Wittig, for answering God’s call to write this spiritual walking guide!”

Thank you, Missy for the kind words! God bless you both as you follow the pathways of your hearts along The Way of St. James in northern Spain. Let me know what you think of the scriptures for The Way that are listed for your contemplation.

Order the book on Amazon by clicking here: http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Walking-Guide-Santiago-Camino

Follow Brian and Missy’s trek at https://www.facebook.com/groups/627522590667089/

Link to the video in the Facebook post: http://youtu.be/AB0nvI6vef8

 

 

Follow the Pathways of the Heart while Walking ‘The Way’ – New Camino Book Tells How

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Follow the Pathways of the Heart while Walking ‘The Way’
New Camino Book Tells How

Flagstaff, Ariz. – People setting out on The Way of St. James or El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain made famous by the Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez movie “The Way” now have a book, which guides them along the pathways of their heart during the pilgrimage. The book entitled “Spiritual and Walking Guide: Leon to Santiago” is a guidebook that combines daily scripture readings appropriate for the day’s journey, travel tips and route-following instructions.

• What about pilgrimage helps you let go of fears and find peace?
• How can you be still and hear God’s voice as you trek the ancient pilgrimage route?
• How will you prepare your heart for a closer walk with God on El Camino de Santiago?

The pilgrim will find answers to these and other questions in this daily devotional and walking guide.

“Several years ago when planning my first pilgrimage along El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain, I searched for a small, personal devotional that I could carry with me as a daily guide for my spiritual journey,” explained author Stacey Wittig. “I was hoping for a book that would direct my path physically as well as spiritually. I was looking for a sort of space-saving, lightweight three-in-one book: a daily meditation, a Bible and a way guide.”

Three treks along the ancient pilgrimage route later, the Christian author offers this book to others looking to follow the pathways of their heart while trekking El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. See the book trailer video by clicking here: http://youtu.be/AB0nvI6vef8

Included in this light-weight, all-in-one spiritual and walking guide are:
• Daily scripture readings – no need to carry a heavy Bible
• Meditations that help pilgrims hear God’s direction for their lives
• Questions for reflection to make the most of the pilgrimage
• Pages for journaling
• Details about where to sleep, daily distances walked and essential websites
• Instructions about how to procure a Pilgrim Credential and how to follow the route without maps.

Spiritual Walking Guide: León to Santiago is available in paperback from Amazon.com and other retail outlets, and is available for Kindle and other devices at www.amazon.com/author/staceywittig.